PLANTS Profile for Pediomelum esculentum (large Indian breadroot)

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PLANTS Profile

Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.
large Indian breadroot

Symbol:

PEES

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.

Psoralea esculenta

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Canada, Saskatoon. Usage Requirements.

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Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.

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Synonyms:
Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.

PSES

Psoralea esculenta Pursh

Distribution:
Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.


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USA (AR, CO, IA, KS, LA, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NY, OK, SD, TX, WI, WY), CAN (AB, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 20 species in Pediomelum

Classification:
Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Pediomelum Rydb. – Indian breadroot
Species	Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb. – large Indian breadroot

More Accounts and Images:
Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504177.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 11/24/2009 07:32 PM MST